2,949 ft
Distance
18 ft
Climb
-422 ft
Descent
00:11:42
Avg time
Trail Supporters, Builders & Maintainers of Ladies Only Trail

Ladies Only Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Mount Fromme
    North Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Difficulty Rating
    Double Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (7 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Only
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Ladder Bridge, Rock Face, Skinny, Teeter Totter
  • Global Ranking
    #105 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    75 in Mountain Biking
  • Year Opened
    1992
  • Land Manager
    District of North Vancouver

The definitive North Shore classic with mandatory man-made and natural TTFs with steep rough terrain. Extensively reworked in 2010. Not for beginner riders.

Access Info

Accessed after the 5th switchback, exiting on the Baden Powell.

Local Trail Association
More Stats for Ladies Only mountain bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -404 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,523 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,926 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,926 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,523 ft
  • Grade
    -13.695%
  • Grade max
    -31.133%
  • Grade min
    5.619%
  • Distance climb
    361 ft
  • Distance down
    2,441 ft
  • Distance flat
    148 ft
  • Avg time
    00:11:42
  • Avg reverse time
    00:21:40
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Status:
on May 29, 2020
Dry
Avg: 4.65 (100 votes)

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Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • > 90%
  • > 80%
  • > 70%
  • > 50%
  • < 50%
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  • < 2 weeks
  • < 1 month
  • < 6 months
  • > 6 months
Trail Ridden Direction
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  • Downhill Only
  • Downhill Primary
  • Both Directions
  • Uphill Primary
  • Uphill Only
  • One Direction
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Trail Difficulties
  • Access Road/Trail
  • White
  • Green
  • Blue
  • Black
  • Double Black Diamond

Trail Report Status
  • Clear / Green
  • Minor Issue / Yellow
  • Significant Issue / Amber
  • Closed

  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
  • Map Markers
  • trail Trail Head
  • photo Photo
  • place Directory Listing
  • region Riding Area
  • TTF TTF
  • Parking Parking
  • Viewpoint Viewpoint
  • Information Information
  • Warning Warning
  • Directions Directions
  • Sight Sight
  • Restrooms Restrooms
  • eBike Charging Point eBike Charging Point
  • Water Fountain/Source Water Fountain/Source
  • Gate Gate
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Ladder Ladder
  • Stairs Stairs
  • Bridge Bridge
  • Camping Camping
  • Cabin Cabin
  • Lodge Lodge
  • Bear Cache Bear Cache
  • Dock Dock
  • Ranger Station Ranger Station
  • Summit Summit
  • Other Other
      Directions to ladies-only trailhead (49.359179, -123.049455)
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      Ladies Only Trail Reports

      statusdatedescription
      May 29, 2020 @ 1:19pm
      May 29, 2020
      May 28, 2020 @ 9:14am
      May 28, 2020
      May 8, 2020 @ 2:39pm
      May 8, 2020
      		 reporter Broken bridge has been fixed, trail is all good to go.
      May 7, 2020 @ 9:07pm
      May 7, 2020
      		 Broken wood/ttf structure the small bridge with the jump over it near the top has detached from the log on the riders right side. It popped...
      Apr 19, 2020 @ 12:29pm
      Apr 19, 2020
      		 reporter
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 24 rides
      • 13.5 km avg distance
      6 Months
      • 296 rides
      • 13.3 km avg distance
      All
      • 1,596 rides
      •  

      Technical Trail Features (TTF)

      Photos

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      5 |
      May 29, 2020 @ 12:57am
      May 29, 2020
      5 |
      May 29, 2020 @ 12:57am
      May 29, 2020
      702 |
      May 26, 2017 @ 10:13pm
      May 26, 2017
      1,455 |
      Feb 8, 2015 @ 10:04pm
      Feb 8, 2015

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      Trail Products

      4 Reviews & Comments

      • + 6
      flag canadaka Mod Plus Trailforks (Sep 10, 2011 at 0:00)
       probably my favourite trail on Fromme, great mix of ttfs and trail type.
      [Reply]
      • + 4
      flag JTJ10 (Aug 11, 2014 at 19:25)
       looks cool
      [Reply]
      • + 4
      flag shom1 (Feb 14, 2015 at 19:31)
       A true black trail
      [Reply]
      • - 1
      flag yardsale1 (Sep 13, 2019 at 9:00)
       More like a black not a double black...
      Used to be more gnarly but NSMBA made it a lot smoother and fixed up the old school Jank that used to be on this trail
      [Reply]

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